'Choose Your Desired Overseas Work Location and Gain Experience'... The Reasoned Innovation of SK Hynix (Comprehensive)

'GXP' Allowing Employees to Choose Desired Work Location to Launch End of Next Month
Includes Options for Overseas Subsidiaries in the US, China, and Partners like ASML and Lam Research
Vice Chairman Park Jung-ho: "A Work Culture of Freely Collaborating with Diverse People Drives Innovation"

M15 exterior view at SK Hynix Cheongju campus / Source=SK Hynix

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Pyeonghwa] SK Hynix has introduced an employee-driven overseas work program to innovate its work culture. The program expands work locations not only to the company's overseas subsidiaries but also to partners such as the Dutch company ASML, allowing employees to gain diverse experiences at their desired locations. A distinctive feature is that employees carry out their existing tasks alongside local duties.

According to the semiconductor industry on the 13th, SK Hynix will implement the Global Experience Program (GXP) for five weeks starting at the end of next month at overseas business sites. Employees can choose their preferred overseas work location and flexibly adjust the balance between their existing domestic tasks and new local duties during the day.

SK Hynix is implementing GXP to provide employees with opportunities to gain experience through exchanges and collaboration in various locations. This is a case where the company joined the trend of SK affiliates actively innovating work culture by introducing an employee-driven new concept overseas work program. Earlier, SK Telecom established base offices in major areas such as Sindorim and Ilsan in Seoul in April, offering spaces where employees can work from various locations without being confined to an office.

Park Jung-ho, Vice Chairman of SK Hynix and also Vice Chairman of SK Telecom, said at the launch of SK Telecom’s base offices, "A work culture that allows freedom to work anywhere and collaborate with diverse people not only increases work productivity and efficiency but also raises the potential to create innovation."

To maximize employee experience, SK Hynix proposed various overseas work locations in the GXP. These include the company’s overseas subsidiaries in the United States, China, Japan, and Germany, as well as major partners such as the Netherlands’ ASML, U.S. Lam Research, and Japan’s Tokyo Electron.

Among them, ASML is a Dutch manufacturer that exclusively supplies extreme ultraviolet (EUV) equipment essential for advanced semiconductor processes, making it highly important for business. An SK Hynix official said, "ASML has a clear collaborative relationship with us and is a recipient of our equipment, so it is suitable for employees to gain experience and communicate our needs."

SK Hynix plans to accept GXP applications from employees this month and select participants through an internal review. Selected employees will receive support for conveniences such as airfare, accommodation, and rental cars according to their overseas work location.

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